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J. Z. GIPFORD.

PACKING BAND. No. 254,635 Patented Mar 7,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN Z. GIFFORD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PACKING-BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,635, dated March 7,1882,

Application filed August 20, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN Z.GIFFORD, a citizenof the United States,residin g at New York, in the county and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packing-Bands, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement on the packing-band described inLetters Patent 0f the United States granted to me September 28, 1880,No. 232,704; and it consists in combining with the double hook and thelongitudinal slots one or more inwardly-projectin g re-enforcehooks nearthe ends of the band, having the double hook and eyes near the oppositeend of the band for the reception of the re-enforce hooks. In thoseportions of the band next inward from the re-enforee hooks and outwardfrom theeyes areformed cavities adapted to each other, and one adaptedto the re-enforce hooks,in order toleave the interior of the bandapproximately plain.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 shows the end portions of the band in perspective view. Fig. 2is alongitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a planor top view of thesame.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the body of the band, having a double hook, B B,at one end, and longitudinal slots 0 0 near its opposite end, the lengthof the slots being equal to the aggregate width of the double hook toallow its insertion therein, as fully described in my before-mentionedLetters Patent.

D D are the re-enforce hooks, and E E the eyes for their reception. Oneor more of these re-enforce hooks D D and eyes E E may be used, and thehooks are formed near that end of the band having the double hook B B-asby striking up the metal composing the band in a suitable manner-whilethe eyes are formed or cut out near the opposite endof the band. There-enforce hooks D D project in an inner direction both from the end ofthe band and from its body, and when the double hook B B has beenadjusted in the slots 0 C said hooks (No model.)

will enter and engage the eyes E E, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, if theband is lengthened or extended, and it will be seen that by their meansthe strength and durability of the band is materiallyincreased. Thoseportions of the band next to the reenforce hooks D D in an innerdirection, and next to the eyes E E in an outer direction, are swaged orpressed outward to form the cavities ff, the cavities f being next tothe hooks and being adapted to receive in them the backs of the cavitiesf, while the latter are adapted to receive in them the ends of there-enforee books. When the re-enforce hooks DD are inserted in the eyesE E the cavities f enter the cavities f, and the re-ent'orce hooks enterthe cavitiesf, and in this manner the interior of the band is leftapproximately plain or free of projections, so that when it is placed ona package-such as a bucket or cask-- it can be shifted or drawn to anypart thereof, like an ordinary hand, without obstruction.

The cavities ff are preferably rounded, in contradistinetion to beingmade fiat, to avoid cracking the metal composing the band, and the eyesE are made of sufficient width to allow for imperfect cutting, so thatthe books may enter therein without diffieulty.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A packing band constructed with the double hook B B, the longitudinalslots 0 O. the re-enforce hooks D D, (one or more,) and the eyes E E,substantially as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

2. A packing band constructed with the double hook B B, the longitudinalslots 0 C, the re-enforce hooks D D, (one or more,) the eyes E E, andthe cavities ff, substantially as shown and described, for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN Z. GIFFORD.

Witnesses:

FRED. SAUER, GEO. W. BACKOFEN.

